There is a Climbing Pinkie & a Blush Noisette growing here in a garden maintained by the local school district. Both are mature plants. Both are really healthy looking in this particular garden ALL THE TIME. In fact, I'd say those two are the happiest looking roses in this garden of dozens of old roses. The Climbing Pinkie there looks like a climbing rose, but the Blush Noisette is much more of a shrub; its canes are not nearly as long. The Blush Noisette is about 5 feet tall and probably 6 feet wide. My mom also had a mature climbing pinkie and it's huge, similar to the one at this local garden. She grows it as a climber. In the spring and fall, it stops traffic with its heavy production of small medium pink blooms. FYI, the bloom color of Blush Noisette is a lot softer, as its name might suggest. In my opinion, Blush Noisette has a lot of old rose charm, but climbing Pinkie sure is a good performer also. Though choice between these two jewels, but their plant habits are nothing alike. Randy

OOOH-La-La Renee. Not just Pinkie but the rest of the lushness as well. I especially love #2 for the garden accents, color, and geometry. Plus I love shots that kind of play peekaboo and add depth with a glimpse into a distant part of the garden. I almost found myself stretching out my neck and cocking my head to try and see where the pathway led after the arch and the lawn. Not to mention the fact that DD adds a lot to any foto ;-)

I have grown Climbing Pinky and it is a very prolific flowerer but has nasty little prickes under the leaves so be careful. It grows well. The whole idea of climbers is to tie them down horizontally so they send off new shoots from the horizontal position. If you let them grow upwards that is when they flower at the ends.

My Climbing Pinkies are pretty healthy. I can't guarantee that they never get BS, but they certainly don't have major issues with it. But then, my standards are probably low as far as BS is concerned (I don't spray either) so you might want to wait and hear from others.